KSUM established in May 1980 and has steadily grown to become one of the best academic organizations in Korea. KSUM has also been making great strides to become more international. Since 2011, KSUM has conducted annual international conference in English with many oversea participants. “Ultrasonography”, the official journal of KSUM, was registered in SCI(E) in 2019, and reached 3.675 of impact factor, elevating our status at home and widely abroad.

However, the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in early 2020, has threatened the activities and growth of all academic societies. In particular, opportunities for members to participate in events or communicate with each other were severely limited. Fortunately, as the pandemic situation has improved since the spring of 2022, our society has been able to slowly normalize all activities. All of us at the KSUM believe that the next three years will be an important period; a time for us to regain our foothold to secure a brighter future for KSUM. The KSUM executives and I will do our effort to improve our society.

Please see below the five major agendas we want to pursue over the next three years:

First, we will continue to pursue the internationalization of KSUM. We will make our annual congress a truly international academic conference. We will also do our best to support continuous growth of the “Ultrasonography”, our SCI-registered official journal.
Second, we will increase our support to promote members' research and academic activities, and resume and revitalize various educational programs to strengthen education.
Third, we will actively communicate and cooperate with related academic societies to respond to changes in the government's policy and efficiently operate related tasks such as ultrasound education and certification systems.
Fourth, we will make a committee for members, to improve the overall service for members and encourage more participation and communication among members.
Fifth, we will amend the constitution and by-laws and establish various standard operation procedures, which will improve the standardization and efficiency of the affairs of our society.

Honorable members,
The board members and I will do our best for the development of KSUM. However, the true development of our society cannot be achieved without the interest and participation of the members. KSUM will aim to be a reliable and trusted society that is always open to the members. We sincerely ask you to actively participate in and cooperate in the works of the society so that both the society and all members can grow together.

Thank you.